RIGHTS IN CHINA

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20101, 22 November 1939, Page 5

RIGHTS IN CHINA

AMERICAN INSISTENCE USE OF CONCESSIONS BRITISH AND FRENCH INDICATION TO JAPAN (Eire. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn 1 (Reed. Nov. 22, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 21. The Assistant Secretary of State, Mr Sumner Welles, who said yesterda. that he viewed seriously the continue., interference by Japanese military authorities with American trade ant nationals, and emphasised that the United Slate’s considered that their citizens have every right to trade with

Chrna without .interference, added that the American Government insisted on the rights of her nationals to use the British and French concessions at Tientsin. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says the statement is significant in view of the British and French withdrawal of troops and the reports of a RussianJapanese commercial agreement, The State Department denied on November 13 that the United States would protect the and British concessions in China, but diplomats believe that the insistence on the rights of American traders will have the practical effect of safeguarding the concessions. A majority of the 470 American business men at Tientsin have their headquarters in the British Concession.